Best Music of 2014

Here’s my annual list of favorite songs and albums. I’ll update this post once the results are in from the three radio station polls in which I voted. [DONE]

Songs (WXPN list) 

1. Happy – Pharrell Williams (#20 WXPN Top 200)
2. You Go Down Smooth – Lake Street Dive (#14 WXPN, #48 WTMD Top 89)
3. After The Disco – Broken Bells
4. The Moment – Toad The Wet Sprocket
5. Coming Of Age – Foster The People (#111 WXPN, #38 WTMD)
6. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive (#6 WXPN, #31 WTMD)
7. Holding On To Life – Broken Bells (#65 WTMD)
8. Turn It Around – Lucius (#113 WXPN)
9. Black & Blue – The Secret Sisters
10. Modern Blue – Roseanne Cash (#199 WXPN)

Other Favorite Songs (not played on WXPN) 

1. Use Me Up – Lake Street Dive (album track)
2. Love Never Felt So Good – Michael Jackson
3. Classic – MKTO
4. Ain’t It Fun – Paramore
5. The Story Of My Life – One Direction
6. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
7. American Dream – MKTO
8. Problem – Ariana Grande 

Favorite Albums

1. Bad Self Portraits – Lake Street Dive (#1 mvyradio Top 25)
2. Into The Mirror: Del Amitri Live In Concert
3. The River & The Thread – Roseanne Cash (#2)
4. Put Your Needle Down – The Secret Sisters
5. Twelve Stories – Owen Danoff
6. High Hopes --  Bruce Springsteen (#25)
7. Bluesamericana – Keb' Mo' (#6)
8. Give The People What They Want – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (#8)